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Posted by: Kat
« on: October 26, 2023, 06:07:51 pm »

Blurbs would be nice. I won't hold my breath waiting for them to happen.

Kat
Posted by: Jack
« on: October 12, 2023, 05:04:52 pm »

Quote from: Plagosus on October 12, 2023, 04:20:30 am

The F icons in particular have the potential to be misleading. Broadly, stories featuring female spankers will divide into those which involve routine spankings by women in a domestic or school setting and those which involve a significant femdom element. There is a qualitative difference between the two which the icons do not indicate. Given the number of stories in the archive with F icons it is too late to do anything about that, but a blurb attached to new stories would help the reader.

This is a very interesting post.  I have just submitted a story that will require the hallow F icon.  I felt it had to go in, because Mom's really were the most frequent spankers when I was growing up, and in a long running series, revolving around neighborhood kids, one had to turn up sooner or later.  I made sure it wasn't the only spanking in the chapter, but I do wish there was a way to make clear it's only a minor part of the story, not the full focus. 

Posted by: Plagosus
« on: October 12, 2023, 04:20:30 am »

Quote from: David M. Katz on October 11, 2023, 04:41:18 pm
I think my comments on the thread at MMSA explain the issue nicely.

My response to your post:

All the above is fair enough, but it is surely the icons above all which determine whether a reader goes into a story. I just went into Ricky Scarma's personal thread and there you said of one of his stories: "The mom spanking is basically a supporting role in this story. It is one of those things that is mentioned just enough to make it relevant but it is definitely NOT the main event. I had to tag it but please do not let it turn you away." The icons attached to the story do not say that, but a blurb to the same effect would.

There was a time when the number of icons was restricted, I think to something like 4 or 5. I am not suggesting we go back to that, but when we had it a reviewer had to give consideration to which features were the most significant; readers were less likely to be disappointed or miss out on a story they would have enjoyed.

The F icons in particular have the potential to be misleading. Broadly, stories featuring female spankers will divide into those which involve routine spankings by women in a domestic or school setting and those which involve a significant femdom element. There is a qualitative difference between the two which the icons do not indicate. Given the number of stories in the archive with F icons it is too late to do anything about that, but a blurb attached to new stories would help the reader.

I cannot help feeling that blurbs would be a feature welcomed by some authors and readers. Those who do not want it can simply ignore it.
Posted by: Jack
« on: October 11, 2023, 05:07:08 pm »

I read this yesterday and have thought about it. 

I occasionally enjoy writing a O Henry type story, which might be hard to describe in a blurb.  A lot of times, my icons and whether you like my stories or not sums it up.   There are, however, times I'd like to be able to write a blurb, especially in series stories where there's no action 'on screen', meaning no icons, even though the story does (in my opinion) have a spanky feel.
Posted by: David M. Katz
« on: October 11, 2023, 04:41:18 pm »

I think my comments on the thread at MMSA explain the issue nicely.
Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: October 09, 2023, 05:15:09 pm »

Icons show me which stories I am NOT even going to look at.

Icons do not show me which stories I will like.  I have to read into a story, even if it has all the right icons before I know if I am going to like it or not.  Many stories looked promising, but just didn't catch my interest.
Posted by: afinch
« on: October 09, 2023, 04:09:08 pm »

I can usually skim the first few sentences on a story about which I'm "unsure" and decide as quickly as I could read a synopsis like the ones proposed.  Not opposed, but I don't think it's necessary, nor do I think it would make any difference to people's reading habits.
Posted by: ivor
« on: October 09, 2023, 01:24:30 pm »

In other words someone is trying to reinvent the wheel.

It does sound like a good idea and I do know of one (non spanking) site where it is used. In theory it should be helpful, but I can usually tell from the icons if it is going to be a story I might like to read.
Posted by: Plagosus
« on: October 09, 2023, 03:45:53 am »

Any opinions on them:

https://newforum.malespank.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9388

https://newforum.malespank.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3958